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Black Bear Combo at the White House
This past week I had the pleasure of joining the Chicago based Balkan brass band entertaining military families for a Halloween party at the White House. The band debuted a new orange and black costume designed by saxophonist Doug Abram.
Antibalas and Black Bear Combo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJLsAHNkyqM&feature=share&list=AL94UKMTqg-9CKjBCklIleYzqiWyy2qZyZ I can't wait to open for Antibalas tomorrow night at Lincoln Hall and finally hear the power of this big horn section live! They were just featured on Jimmy Fallon last week to advertise the start of their tour. Many of the songs feature Baritone, Tenor and two trumpets. I also hear the lead... Continue Reading →
Black Bear Combo at the Milwaukee Ave Arts Fest
Black Bear Combo is a four to six member brass/reed band. It is described as a raucous mutt channeling the common energy between traditional music from eastern Europe and the Balkans, punk rock, and free jazz. The band will be performing on the main stage of the Milwaukee Ave Arts Fest on Sunday July 31st... Continue Reading →
Balkan Beat Box returns to play with Black Bear Combo July 20th.
Balkan Beat Box is a high energy live electronic Balkan band. There will be a raffle for two tickets to the show this Friday July 18th during DJ Roma Soul's Balkan Invasion of Wicker park at Subterrainian. The performance at Empty Bottle in 2007 was pretty crazy so I would expect that Lincoln Hall will... Continue Reading →
Gerald Bailey | Trumpet & Music Production 